Pan con Huevo

Pan con Heuvo is a savory sandwich that you can eat for breakfast or any other meal. It’s simple and easy to make.

"This is truly poor people food. My mother says she remembers eating them with only beans and being embarrassed at school that she didn’t have any eggs or crema for it. She’s the youngest of 10 children so it was difficult for my Abuela to get enough eggs for each of the kids going to school. Nowadays, she can have all the eggs she wants, and even when she has them with only refried beans and crema, she’s happy since it reminds her of home in the city of Tegucigalpa, where most people bring their pan con huevo to work and school.

"For me, it also reminds me of home and eating them before school. I grew up in Arkansas and never lived in Tegucigalpa, so it doesn’t remind me of Honduras as much as it reminds me of my mother. Whenever I get to go home for a school break, she always asks me if there’s any food I’d like to have when I get back. It’s always something Honduran—it can be hard to find that kind of food unless I go out of my way here in Nashville, so it’s really special to have some warm, soft bread with all of my favorite foods sandwiched in."

Recipe contributed by Arantxa Pardue, student at Belmont University.

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Ingredients:

• Refried beans

• Scrambled eggs

• Crema (make sure it’s Salvadorean or Honduran, the Mexican kind is not as sweet)

• A white roll

• Sliced and fried plantains (fully ripe) (optional)

• Chicharron (optional)

Instructions:

1. Slice open your roll, and warm or toast it in a toaster.

2. Scramble your eggs and heat up all of the other ingredients either in a microwave or on the stove, whichever is easier.

3. Put your sandwich together! Spread the crema first, then add everything else.